An Increase of Public Transport and Accessibility to Urban Amenities, some Limited Results: the Case of the Lyons Conurbation

This paper describes how the observable modifications in cities and on the individuals’ way of life have impact on the mobility practices, on the citizens’ social conditions and on the capacity to reach activities. These evolutions can create, reduce or amplify chance inequalities to access activities between the different social groups. It leads to considering the French decision-making processes, some aspects of the social dimension of sustainability, reduced to chances equalities and to the social implications of accessibility. The accessibility to urban amenities is based on the right to transport as a necessary condition for chance inequalities for all. In this context, the paper analyzes whether an urban transportation system could reduce the population’s chance inequalities in terms of social access to a basket of goods. This paper proposes, on the Lyons conurbation, for the year 1999, in order to quantify the accessibility, by car or by public transport, of the rich or poor districts’ inhabitants. Then, the paper explores the effects of an increase of public transport supply, based on the Urban Travel Plan for the Lyons conurbation. Does this now provide improved accessibility and to reduce the inequalities between the richest and the poorest districts?

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• Authors:
  • Caubel, D
• Conference:
  • Urban Transport XII. Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century
  • Location: Prague , Czech Republic
  • Date: 2006-7-12 to 2006-7-14
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 507-516
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XII. Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Mobility; Social factors; Sustainable development; Urban areas; Urban population; Urban transit; Urban transportation; Urban travel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Socioeconomics factors
• Geographic Terms: Lyon (France)
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01037422
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845641795
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 2006 11:31AM